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Jewish and Negro Groups
Hail Supreme Court Ruling
SEE STORY ON PAGE THREE
THE JEWISH
Vol. IX No. 39
MAY 20, 1954
Price Ten Cents
Jewish Leaders Oppose
Amendment on Religion
WASHINGTON Jewish spokesmen this week urged the Senate Judiciary Committee
to reject a proposed Constitutional amendment that would declare that "this nation recognizes
the law and authority of Jesus Christ" and grant recognition to Christianity as the official re-
ligion of the United States.
right to
Rabbi Isadore Breslau represent-
ing the Synagogue Council of
America and Leo Pfeffer, represent-
ing the National Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council presented a
prepared statement.
They declared that "Jews cannot
in good conscience recognize the
law and authority of Jesus Christ"
and that "every American Jew
would regard it as an act of reli-
gious discrimination to be deprived
of the cherished right to give
wholehearted and unqualified alle-
giance to every sentence of the
United States Constitution or to be
compelled for conscience* sake to
make the slightest reservation in
taking an oath of allegiance."
The resolution, introduced by
Sen. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont,
would grant Federal recognition
through Constitutional amendment
that "this nation devoutedly recog-
nizes the Authority and law of Jesus
Christ, Saviour and ruler of nations
through whom are bestowed the
blessings of Almighty God."
A provision stipulates that this
amendment should in no way
abridge any other section of the
Constitution.
The purpose of the amendment is
to legally establish that Christian-
ity is the official religion of the
Continued on Page Four
U. It POSTPONES DEBATE
AJP, CJA To Hold
Joint Meeting, May 27
Accomplishments of the Associated Jewish Philanthro-
pies over the past year and its plans for the future will be
presented by Benjamin Ulin, president, at the annual meeting
to be held Thursday night, at the Hotel Somerset.
Jacob L. Wiseman, president of
the Combined Jewish Appeal of
Greater Boston, will review the
achievements of the CJA immed-
iately following the Philanthropies'
meeting, and will also outline the
course of action which the organ-
ization plans to follow in the year
ahead.
The meetings, to be held joint-
ly, will serve as the first official
"welcome back" to Louis P. Smith,
general chairman of the 1954 Com-
bined Jewish Appeal campaign.
He recently returned from a 12
week inspection tour of Combined
Jewish Appeal - supported health,
welfare and rehabilitation centers
in Europe, Israel and North Afri-
ca.
Outgoing presidents of consti-
tuent agencies of the Associated
Jewish Philanthropies will be hon-
ored by President Ulin. He will
present citations to the following:
Leonard Kaplan, Jewish Centers
Association; David J. Mintz, Hecht
House; David R. Pokross, Jewish
Family and Children's Service;
Samuel Rosenstein, Chelsea YMHA;
Nathaniel Sharf, Jewish Big Bro-
ther Association; S. Robert Stone,
Beth Israel Hospital; and Lewis H.
Continued on Page Two
Mixed Races
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Racially-mixed stock comprises
one-sixth of the population of
the Western Hemisphere, Dr.
Harry L. Shapiro, an authority
on race and population prob-
lems, reported this week.
Of the 247,245,099 persons
living in this hemisphere, he
estimated in a report issued by
the UN Education, Scientific
and Cultural organization, there
are at least 29,000,000 Mestizos,
or indian-white mixtures, most
of them living in South and
Central America.
B'nai B'rith
To Convene
Here Next Week
Volunteer committees are being
formed in anticipation of the B'nai
B'rith 102nd Annual Convention,
District No. 1, to be held at the
Statler Hotel, May 29, 30, 31 and
June 1.
More than 1200 delegates will at-
tend and George E. Gordon, Con-
vention Chairman, and Mrs. Israel
Goldman, Co-Chairman, announce
volunteers cooperating with the
General Convention Committee.
Among the committees are:
Badges Committee, Leon Baker;
Brandeis University Committee,
Philip Faneuil, Irving Teran, Ben
Mendelson, Dr. Schoenberg, Clar-
ence Q. Berger, Ernest A. Gordon,
Rose Brustin, Celia Jacobson. B. U.
Hillel Committee, Ellen Cinnamon,
Charlotte Spitz, Minna Wolfe,
Blanche Feldman, William Bonin,
Continued on Page Three
Our
"Mme. President"
Wins New Honors
Tomorow afternoon, at the
New Ocean House in Swamp-
scott, Mrs. David M. Small
New Approach to
Arabs Raises Fears
By MIKE SHULMAN
A direct relationship exists between the current approach
to the Arab countries by the Western Powers and the rise of
hostility and tension in the Middle East.
Israel's youthful Ambassador Ab-
ba Eban pointed out that the Uni-
ted States intention of granting
arms to Iraq was viewed fearfully
by the new nation, which marked
its sixth anniversary last week.
"The present climax of hostility
and tension cannot be regarded as
a suitable time for giving arms to
Arab states," he stated carefully in
clipped Oxford tones.
"We cannot be consoled by assur-
ances that these arms will not be
used against Israel because in cs-
sense it is not the intention of the
donors but the objective of the re-
cipients which will setermine their
Continued on Page Three
By BETTE KLINE
will become president of the
Massachusetts State Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs. She
Continued on Page Six
MRS. DAVID M. SMALL
First to Hold Post
Second In a Series
lWltobb.s Lead
T. I. in 100 Years
Temple Israel has reached the stature of national leader-
ship among Reform Jewish congregations under the guidance
of eight able rabbis who have lead the congregation through
the stages of infancy and adolescence into the mature congre-
gation that this year celebrates its 100th year.
The first two, Rabbi Joseph Sacks
and Rabbi Joseph Shoninger, were
spiritual leaders of a group of hard-
working German refugees who
formed the Adath Israel to that
they might pray as their forefath-
ers. They were "talisim" on their
shoulders, skullcaps on their heads,
and their womenfolk were seated
Continued on Page Two
(Ed. Note: Second of a series of
four articles on observations and
reflections on the history and
I growth of Temple Israel, which
commemorates its 100th anniver-
sary in Mne, as one of the leading'
Reform congregations in the coun-
try.)
Israel Question Stymies
Security Council Delegates UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Failure of delegates to agree
on a legal question posed by Israel forced postponement of a
meeting of the United Nations Security Council scheduled for
last Tuesday to deliberate further on Jordan-Israel differences.
The meeting was indefinitely postponed.
The Israeli question that caused
the postponement was raised at the
last meeting and asked whether or
not Jordan may presents its case
to the Council.
According to reliable sources, the
postponement indicated that delega-
tions were still awaiting official
policy directives from their capitals
before proceeding.
In Washington, the Department
of State said that notwithstanding
the fear and resentment felt to-
ward Israel by the Arab states, they
do not, in the opinion of the Depart-
ment, possess the intention or the
capability of adopting a policy of
aggression against Israel.
This view was communicated in
a letter written on behalf of Sec-
retary of State John Foster, Dulles
in reply to a query from Rep. Sid-
ney Yates, Illinois Democrat, on the
Iraq arms question. Assistant
Secretary Thurston B. Morton an-
swered for Mr. Dulles.
"The Department does not con-
sider that the provision of arms to
Iraq under a carefully devised
program will be used for a 'second
round' against Israel or construed
as an invitation to the Arab states
to renew a state of war against
Israel," Mr. Morton said.
Continued on Page Two
Bond Sales
Hit $609,400
In Campaign
A total of $609,400 of Develop-
ment Issue Israel Bonds were sold
between May 1 and May 17 in the
first phase of the Boston campaign
to sell $2,000,000 this year, George
N. Friedlander reported at the
Founders Dinner Monday evening
in the Hotel Somerset in honor of
the sixth anniversary of the State
of Israel.
Lawrence G. Laskey, chairman of
the New England region and of the/
Greater Boston executive commit-
tee reminded his audience, every
member of which' had purchased at
least one $1000 Development Issue
Bond that "tonight's affair is simply
the opening gun of our 1954 cam-
paign. Our quota is $2,000,000. We
can achieve it and we must."
Isra'el Ambassador Abba Eban
was the principal guest of honor
Contimted on Page Two
Ganging Up On Schools
And Innocent Educators
By ROBERT E. SEGAL
This is a tough one to believe; but I heard it from an emi-
nent Princeton professor who specializes in Americana.
Being duly sworn, he states tnat out in Los Angeles not
long ago, a television panel participant was dropped because
the station had received letters setting forth that the panelist
was subversive. There were four of such protesting letters
in all. Someone took the trouble to check their
origin and found they were written by the same
individual. And who was that authority on sub-
version? A 15-year-old boy.
Did any of the Los Angeles newspapers pub-
lish this case history? According to the best in-
formation of the narrator, none has.
Well, no section of this frightened land is
free of such jitters; but Los Angeles would appear
to have an extra dose. For just a few .days ago,
the New York Times revealed that 20 of the 95
eminent educators apparently now under consid-
eration for the job of superintendent of schools"
in Los Angeles are pretty sure to be eliminated
because the are pro-UNESCO. These 20 have
been accused as pawns in an "insidious plot" to
infiltrate the Los Angeles school system with propaganda on
behalf of UNESCO.
An anti-UNESCO bloc in Los Angeles is raising the roof
about these schoolmen. For example, Earl McGrath is said by
the group to have resigned from the U. S. Office of Education
because he was "spending too much money on UNESCO"!
Continued on Page Six
SEGAL

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Jewish and Negro Groups
Hail Supreme Court Ruling
SEE STORY ON PAGE THREE
THE JEWISH
Vol. IX No. 39
MAY 20, 1954
Price Ten Cents
Jewish Leaders Oppose
Amendment on Religion
WASHINGTON Jewish spokesmen this week urged the Senate Judiciary Committee
to reject a proposed Constitutional amendment that would declare that "this nation recognizes
the law and authority of Jesus Christ" and grant recognition to Christianity as the official re-
ligion of the United States.
right to
Rabbi Isadore Breslau represent-
ing the Synagogue Council of
America and Leo Pfeffer, represent-
ing the National Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council presented a
prepared statement.
They declared that "Jews cannot
in good conscience recognize the
law and authority of Jesus Christ"
and that "every American Jew
would regard it as an act of reli-
gious discrimination to be deprived
of the cherished right to give
wholehearted and unqualified alle-
giance to every sentence of the
United States Constitution or to be
compelled for conscience* sake to
make the slightest reservation in
taking an oath of allegiance."
The resolution, introduced by
Sen. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont,
would grant Federal recognition
through Constitutional amendment
that "this nation devoutedly recog-
nizes the Authority and law of Jesus
Christ, Saviour and ruler of nations
through whom are bestowed the
blessings of Almighty God."
A provision stipulates that this
amendment should in no way
abridge any other section of the
Constitution.
The purpose of the amendment is
to legally establish that Christian-
ity is the official religion of the
Continued on Page Four
U. It POSTPONES DEBATE
AJP, CJA To Hold
Joint Meeting, May 27
Accomplishments of the Associated Jewish Philanthro-
pies over the past year and its plans for the future will be
presented by Benjamin Ulin, president, at the annual meeting
to be held Thursday night, at the Hotel Somerset.
Jacob L. Wiseman, president of
the Combined Jewish Appeal of
Greater Boston, will review the
achievements of the CJA immed-
iately following the Philanthropies'
meeting, and will also outline the
course of action which the organ-
ization plans to follow in the year
ahead.
The meetings, to be held joint-
ly, will serve as the first official
"welcome back" to Louis P. Smith,
general chairman of the 1954 Com-
bined Jewish Appeal campaign.
He recently returned from a 12
week inspection tour of Combined
Jewish Appeal - supported health,
welfare and rehabilitation centers
in Europe, Israel and North Afri-
ca.
Outgoing presidents of consti-
tuent agencies of the Associated
Jewish Philanthropies will be hon-
ored by President Ulin. He will
present citations to the following:
Leonard Kaplan, Jewish Centers
Association; David J. Mintz, Hecht
House; David R. Pokross, Jewish
Family and Children's Service;
Samuel Rosenstein, Chelsea YMHA;
Nathaniel Sharf, Jewish Big Bro-
ther Association; S. Robert Stone,
Beth Israel Hospital; and Lewis H.
Continued on Page Two
Mixed Races
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Racially-mixed stock comprises
one-sixth of the population of
the Western Hemisphere, Dr.
Harry L. Shapiro, an authority
on race and population prob-
lems, reported this week.
Of the 247,245,099 persons
living in this hemisphere, he
estimated in a report issued by
the UN Education, Scientific
and Cultural organization, there
are at least 29,000,000 Mestizos,
or indian-white mixtures, most
of them living in South and
Central America.
B'nai B'rith
To Convene
Here Next Week
Volunteer committees are being
formed in anticipation of the B'nai
B'rith 102nd Annual Convention,
District No. 1, to be held at the
Statler Hotel, May 29, 30, 31 and
June 1.
More than 1200 delegates will at-
tend and George E. Gordon, Con-
vention Chairman, and Mrs. Israel
Goldman, Co-Chairman, announce
volunteers cooperating with the
General Convention Committee.
Among the committees are:
Badges Committee, Leon Baker;
Brandeis University Committee,
Philip Faneuil, Irving Teran, Ben
Mendelson, Dr. Schoenberg, Clar-
ence Q. Berger, Ernest A. Gordon,
Rose Brustin, Celia Jacobson. B. U.
Hillel Committee, Ellen Cinnamon,
Charlotte Spitz, Minna Wolfe,
Blanche Feldman, William Bonin,
Continued on Page Three
Our
"Mme. President"
Wins New Honors
Tomorow afternoon, at the
New Ocean House in Swamp-
scott, Mrs. David M. Small
New Approach to
Arabs Raises Fears
By MIKE SHULMAN
A direct relationship exists between the current approach
to the Arab countries by the Western Powers and the rise of
hostility and tension in the Middle East.
Israel's youthful Ambassador Ab-
ba Eban pointed out that the Uni-
ted States intention of granting
arms to Iraq was viewed fearfully
by the new nation, which marked
its sixth anniversary last week.
"The present climax of hostility
and tension cannot be regarded as
a suitable time for giving arms to
Arab states," he stated carefully in
clipped Oxford tones.
"We cannot be consoled by assur-
ances that these arms will not be
used against Israel because in cs-
sense it is not the intention of the
donors but the objective of the re-
cipients which will setermine their
Continued on Page Three
By BETTE KLINE
will become president of the
Massachusetts State Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs. She
Continued on Page Six
MRS. DAVID M. SMALL
First to Hold Post
Second In a Series
lWltobb.s Lead
T. I. in 100 Years
Temple Israel has reached the stature of national leader-
ship among Reform Jewish congregations under the guidance
of eight able rabbis who have lead the congregation through
the stages of infancy and adolescence into the mature congre-
gation that this year celebrates its 100th year.
The first two, Rabbi Joseph Sacks
and Rabbi Joseph Shoninger, were
spiritual leaders of a group of hard-
working German refugees who
formed the Adath Israel to that
they might pray as their forefath-
ers. They were "talisim" on their
shoulders, skullcaps on their heads,
and their womenfolk were seated
Continued on Page Two
(Ed. Note: Second of a series of
four articles on observations and
reflections on the history and
I growth of Temple Israel, which
commemorates its 100th anniver-
sary in Mne, as one of the leading'
Reform congregations in the coun-
try.)
Israel Question Stymies
Security Council Delegates UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Failure of delegates to agree
on a legal question posed by Israel forced postponement of a
meeting of the United Nations Security Council scheduled for
last Tuesday to deliberate further on Jordan-Israel differences.
The meeting was indefinitely postponed.
The Israeli question that caused
the postponement was raised at the
last meeting and asked whether or
not Jordan may presents its case
to the Council.
According to reliable sources, the
postponement indicated that delega-
tions were still awaiting official
policy directives from their capitals
before proceeding.
In Washington, the Department
of State said that notwithstanding
the fear and resentment felt to-
ward Israel by the Arab states, they
do not, in the opinion of the Depart-
ment, possess the intention or the
capability of adopting a policy of
aggression against Israel.
This view was communicated in
a letter written on behalf of Sec-
retary of State John Foster, Dulles
in reply to a query from Rep. Sid-
ney Yates, Illinois Democrat, on the
Iraq arms question. Assistant
Secretary Thurston B. Morton an-
swered for Mr. Dulles.
"The Department does not con-
sider that the provision of arms to
Iraq under a carefully devised
program will be used for a 'second
round' against Israel or construed
as an invitation to the Arab states
to renew a state of war against
Israel," Mr. Morton said.
Continued on Page Two
Bond Sales
Hit $609,400
In Campaign
A total of $609,400 of Develop-
ment Issue Israel Bonds were sold
between May 1 and May 17 in the
first phase of the Boston campaign
to sell $2,000,000 this year, George
N. Friedlander reported at the
Founders Dinner Monday evening
in the Hotel Somerset in honor of
the sixth anniversary of the State
of Israel.
Lawrence G. Laskey, chairman of
the New England region and of the/
Greater Boston executive commit-
tee reminded his audience, every
member of which' had purchased at
least one $1000 Development Issue
Bond that "tonight's affair is simply
the opening gun of our 1954 cam-
paign. Our quota is $2,000,000. We
can achieve it and we must."
Isra'el Ambassador Abba Eban
was the principal guest of honor
Contimted on Page Two
Ganging Up On Schools
And Innocent Educators
By ROBERT E. SEGAL
This is a tough one to believe; but I heard it from an emi-
nent Princeton professor who specializes in Americana.
Being duly sworn, he states tnat out in Los Angeles not
long ago, a television panel participant was dropped because
the station had received letters setting forth that the panelist
was subversive. There were four of such protesting letters
in all. Someone took the trouble to check their
origin and found they were written by the same
individual. And who was that authority on sub-
version? A 15-year-old boy.
Did any of the Los Angeles newspapers pub-
lish this case history? According to the best in-
formation of the narrator, none has.
Well, no section of this frightened land is
free of such jitters; but Los Angeles would appear
to have an extra dose. For just a few .days ago,
the New York Times revealed that 20 of the 95
eminent educators apparently now under consid-
eration for the job of superintendent of schools"
in Los Angeles are pretty sure to be eliminated
because the are pro-UNESCO. These 20 have
been accused as pawns in an "insidious plot" to
infiltrate the Los Angeles school system with propaganda on
behalf of UNESCO.
An anti-UNESCO bloc in Los Angeles is raising the roof
about these schoolmen. For example, Earl McGrath is said by
the group to have resigned from the U. S. Office of Education
because he was "spending too much money on UNESCO"!
Continued on Page Six
SEGAL